Blue Jay assistant manager Emma Gill said she believed the McDonald’s could bring more people to the pub.

She said: “People who didn’t know we were here would see us if they come to McDonald’s.

“There’s the new Heineken site opening up as well so things are looking positive for the area.

“There has been talk about the McDonald’s for quite some time so it hasn't come as a surprise.”

But one senior councillor has said he would rather see other businesses coming to the area than another restaurant.

Mark Tittley, who represents Alvaston on Derby City Council, said: “While I accept that they are a large employer and people do enjoy a McDonald’s, there are other facilities of that nature in the community and I would like to see a more rounded retail and services offer in the area.

“For instance, apart from ATM machines, banking facilities have left the area.”

A planning application submitted to the council says the restaurant would create 65 jobs, both part and full-time.

It would have a 31-space car park and use the existing vehicle access for the pub.

The application says: “The company has recently been undertaking a thorough review of its portfolio of restaurants and is seeking to increase its representation in certain key locations.

“At the same time, McDonald’s has implemented a major brand refresh, both in terms of its product range and the design and fit-out of its restaurants.”

The application adds that the firm is committed to tackling litter “in as many different ways as possible”, picking up not only McDonald’s packaging but also any other litter.

McDonald’s trades from six restaurants in Derby already.

A final decision is expected by the council on the application by the end of March. No objections have been registered since the application was made on February 3.

No-one at McDonald’s was available to comment on when the branch would be completed.

yes yes a drive through subways like they have near York right next to the drive through costa- unless you've seen it you don't realise just how good that idea is - you get your subway then drive through for your costa yum yum

last time I visited mc Donald's I didn't see anyone that looked like benefit scrounges -just people enjoying a treat with there kids - also workers like me having a lunch or a early morning breakfast meal with orange juice before a long day - as for the people that work there - clearly they are not sitting on there back sides like some on this site - they know it not a brill job but it beats the dole and there not living a lie like some of the PHD keyboard clowns on here

You did make me chuckle then, thank you Augustus.
I have got quite a reasonable idea of their ingredients, and business strategies, having studied them as part of my Uni degree many years ago before Bovine spongiform encephalopathy took its grip of my senses. And I watched Super Size Me, which only made me fancy a chicken nugget meal! As anyone who has tried haggis will testify to, the desirability of the food is not with the ingredients but how it tastes.
And here's a fascinating stat for you regarding benefit dwellers and your link to McDonalds. According to their website they employ 85,000 people in the UK (similar to British Telecom, Vodafone and M&S). Imagine that lot being on unemployment benefit if McDonalds didn't exist. Along with all of their customers, they'd be forced to eat in whatever establishment gets your seal of approval. Then you'd really be mashing the keyboard in anger.

Wow that's quite a claim Augustus. I think DerbyBorn has got it spot on with his assessment.
As for vile fatburgers that appeal to benefit scroungers and their ilk? Well myself and my work colleagues, none of which claim benefits, enjoyed some food from there this very lunchtime. All of us healthy and active individuals who run, cycle and train in the gym regularly. And we were served by several very attentive and not in the least bit fat members of staff. One of my best friends worked at McDonalds in his teens. I forget the name of the multi-national logistics company he's now a senior manager of.....